Another day, another list with a dire lack of women. Campaign Brief’s recent list of top creative directors in Australia featured just one woman on the list of 30. For those who want to raise the issue of merit - don’t even start.In other news, Australia’s birth rate has officially reached its lowest point. This week, Olivia Cleal and Tarla Lambert-Patel ask: is it really “sociopathic”, as JD Vance describes it, to not want to have children in the face of a global climate crisis? Elsewhere, a bill to amend abortion rights in South Australia that has been described as “Trumpian”, “extreme” and “dangerous” was just one vote away from passing in the state’s parliament. We share more.Stories discussed this week:Ruth Chepngetich smashes marathon record by almost two minutesGrace Brown ends her cycling career on a spectacular highAustralia’s birth rate falls to lowest level on record‘Bizarre’: JD Vance dismisses women’s very real fears about having kids in a climate crisisNo one thought it would pass – but a ‘Trumpian’ South Australian bill on abortion almost did‘Toxic, misogynistic, exclusionary’: Campaign Brief criticised for male-dominated list of creative directorsThe Women’s Agenda Podcast is produced by Agenda Media, the 100% women-founded and owned media business, publishing the daily news publication Women’s Agenda.Producers: Olivia Cleal and Allison Ho Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
